Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-04-29

places, including New York city.
The billiard tables that have been in
the Dyer block for two or three years |
past were sold by auction last Thursday. |
The purchaser, j. Speyer, has set them
up in Negus' hail. Mr.. Smell has bought
of Mr.. A. j. Marshall the tables that for
merly belonged to Harry Rowe's estab-
lishment and placed them in his room.
The quarantine against Vermont beef
cattle was raised in Massachusetts, Mon
day, and as II consequence shipments
from here were large. Mr.. A. William
son shipped, Monday, three oxen, IA
cows, five hogs and lS6 calves and sent
100 more calves last night; and Mr.. A. j.
Piper sent ten cows and 56 calves Mon
day and large lot of calves in the middle
of the week.
There seems to have been no occasion
for a scare over the death of Katy.
daughter of Patrick Mulligan, last week.
1t was said that she died of diphtheria
and that two other children in the family
were sick with that disease. We are now
informed by the best of authority that
the cause of the child's death was not
diphtheria at all and that none of the
rest of the family were sick at the time
of her death, though two of them had
been somewhat i'll with sore Threats a
few weeks before.
In order to guard against misappre-
hension. it may be well to correct an er-
ror in our report, last week, of Hon.
John W. Stewards remarks at Post Rus
sells campfire. We made him say that
the purpose of the bill was to provide
for those eX-soldiers who by reason of
wounds or disease contracted in the SER
vice" are incapactated for supporting
themselves. What he did say was that
the provisions of the bill applied to eX-
soldiers totally unable to care for them
selves by reason of disabilities, however
incurred, provided the disabilities did not
grow out of vicious habits.
At the annual Easter meeting of st.
Stephens parish, these officers were elect
ed for the ensuing year: Henry l.. Shell
don. clerk; Albert Chapman, senior war
den; VIM. Chadwick. junior warden; Al
bert Chapman, Geo. G. Chapman, Henry
/. Sheldon. Eben w. Judd, VIM. II. Shell
don. VIM. Chadwick and Harrison White.
vestrymen; DR.. VIM. Sheldon, treasurer
and collector: Geo. G. and Chas. 4.
Chapman, auditors; Albert Chapman.
Henry l.. Sheldon. Harrison White. dele
gates to State convention; Eben W
Judd, VIM. Chadwick and VIM. II. Shell
don, alternates. 1t was voted to increase
the salary of the rector, Rev. A. +. Car.
penter one hundred dollars. Mr. Henry
l.. Sheldon was appointed an agent fol
the parish to deed the church editce and
chapel to the trustees of the diocese OF
Vermont. The officers of the Sheldon
Art museum for the past year were re.
elected.
The people of the village were greatly
alarmed. soon after midnight, Friday. by
an alarm of fire. a large majority of the
residents of both sides of the river turned
out. The tiremen got the steamer into
the street and fired it up, and both hose
carts We're manned. 1t turned out thai
there was no reason to fear serious con
sequences. The college students hat
torn down several rods of the fence
around the campus, piled it up iii the
rear of the chapel building and set it OF
fire. 1t lighted up the surrounding ter
ritory and many of those living in the
vicinity thought the chapel must be il
flames. They were encouraged in thi
belief by cries of fire coming from the
direction of the college and repeated by
persons in the high-schOol park. The
tiremen proceeded no further than tn,
bridge, when they were apprised of tn,
true condition ofaffairs. Naturally ther,
was much Indignation, and could tn,
students who caused the trouble hav,
been found they would have been prompt
ly hauled up in court to answer for breach
of the peace, if for nothing more serious
But it was not easy to find out the guilty
ones and so nothing was done by tn,
authorities. 1t was reported in the cas-
part of the town, Sunday, that If of tn,
students had been arrested, and that foul
of them were in jail in default of bail.
At the adjourned meeting of the La
dies auxiliary of the Y. Nj. G. A., hel(
at the association rooms on Thursday o
last week, the following committees Were
chosen to serve for the ensuing year: On
rooms, Mrs. c. A. Piper, Mrs. G.. +. Mar
shall, Mrs. W. ii. Ellis, Miss Ada Callen
der. Mrs. +. +. Bond, Miss Abbie Palmer
on membership, Mrs. l.. NJ. Rogers, Mis-
Emma Harvey, Mrs. A. \. Fletcher, Mrs
Wallace Dewey, Mrs. w. W. Chapman
Mrs. j. w. Lovett, Mrs. O. IL. Cushman
on gospel work, Mrs. c. ID. Mead, Mrs